ELKO, Nev. — A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 22, 2013, at First United Methodist Church Chapel, 304 S. Commerce Ave., Russellville for Bradley Warren Tarkington, 36, of Elko, Nev., who passed away Saturday, June 1, 2013. Rev. Roy Smith will officiate.

Disposition of the cremains will be at later date at a private service for the family.

Mr. Tarkington was born in Little Rock on Nov. 16, 1976. He attended the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and served in the U.S. Navy and on the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt immediately following Sept. 11, 2001. He was later stationed in Atsugi, Japan for two years prior to receiving an honorable discharge in 2007. He was employed by Barrick Goldstrike of Elko, Nev.

He is also survived by aunts and uncles, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Argue Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Rankin, all of Little Rock; and cousins, Jay, Krissy and Dylan Rankin, Little Rock; Todd Rankin, New York City; Sarah Argue, Little Rock and Emily, Jeff and Charlotte Stotts, Little Rock.